YSA Staff CPD Programme 2021-2022 YSA Staff CPD Programme

Welcome to our Yorkshire Schools Alliance CPD Programme 2021-2022. In putting together this year’s programme, we have combined sessions from external expertise with our own YSA teachers and leaders, to meet the needs of teachers and school leaders at every stage in their careers.

We are excited to include Craig Barton, well known for both his applications of Cognitive Science and for his work in Maths and James Durran, North James Durran - Yorkshire advisor and expert in Literacy, as part of our programme this year. Disciplinary Literacy The various strands of the programme are summarised on the next page and we hope that the information in the booklet will answer most of Monday 27th September your questions; however, you are always invited to make contact on and Monday 15th [email protected] with questions about any part of the programme. November, 4-5pm Given the renewed emphasis on subject specific training and the curriculum, in the booklet this year, we have also included some subject specific links James Durran is a Senior Education for many of the core subjects (taken from Mary Myatt’s recent book ‘Back Adviser for County on Track’/website) on pages 4 and 5 and there is also a more general Council. He has 24 years of teaching recommended reading page, (page 11) with links to reliable sources of experience, and has lectured on information, recommended by CPD leads from across the YSA. PGCE and MA courses. An experienced trainer, James has Much of the programme will remain on Microsoft Teams this year, to delivered seminars, lectures and practical workshops across the allow for maximum attendance and protect against further disruption in UK and abroad on the teaching of English, Media and literacy, schools. Some events, for example, the March training event, is planned to for both secondary and primary teachers. be ‘in person’ and we hope that this will give opportunity for us to renew acquaintances across the alliance, and forge new links.

Booking for all events is via the booking platform Eventbrite and attendance at ALL Monday sessions is FREE! CLICK HERE Contents

Summary3 of Subject4-5 Specific Monday6-7 4-5pm MA8 in National9 Recommended10 School11 Partners 2021-2022 Development CPD Education Professional Reading Programme Programme Qualifications Research and on Teams Development

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March Training Day Event 2 2021-2022

Summary of the 2021-2022 Programme CPD leads from all partner schools continue to meet regularly to identify the training priorities for their teaching staff. This shapes our Continuing Professional Development Programme, as below:

New teachers Continuing professional development - Early Career Framework for years 1 and 2 Leadership Each school in the YSA is responsible for registering their own Early Sessions on Mondays – 4-5pm on line and free to attend Career Teachers for the ECF from a choice of providers. We have a bespoke programme via Trinity University, working with the Target audience – middle and senior leaders, those involved in University of Birmingham and Capita, which some YSA schools have managing and leading others in schools. Programme on pages 6/7. chosen to use. A range of NPQs are also available via the Teaching School Hubs in York, Leeds or . Please see page 9 for further details. Continuing professional development Subject specific development Continuing professional development - Via the networks, we offer subject expertise offered by external speakers MA in Education and YSA colleagues. Subject networks tend to meet virtually once/term Bespoke offer via Leeds Trinity University for the PG Cert and the MA or more regularly if the need arises. The target audience is Heads of in Education. Please see page 8 for further details. Subject primarily, but networks are open to all teachers who would like to be involved. The list of network leads is on page 4. Research and development work Online reading/blog recommendations for many of the core subjects Fortnightly email bulletins of relevant and recent educational evidence- are included on page 5. based reading aimed at all staff involved in teaching and learning is sent to all schools. There are also specific opportunities for research projects Continuing professional development - in schools. Katie Hunter (YSA R and D lead) passes these to all schools via their Pedagogy CPD lead. Sessions on Mondays 4-5pm on line and free to attend Target audience – classroom teachers/middle/senior leaders and others March training day event interested in learning and classroom practice. Programme on pages 6/7. Wed 16th March 2022 Continuing professional development - Craig Barton will be our speaker at this year’s March training day; open to all schools to send individuals or groups of staff. Pastoral training Sessions on Mondays 4-5pm on line and free to attend Bespoke delivery Target audience – Form Tutors, pastoral leads, classroom teachers, Please ask! Repeat sessions, or tailored more to your audience. non-teaching professionals eg learning mentors. Programme on pages 6/7. Email: [email protected] for more information. 3 YSA Staff CPD Programme

Subject Specific Development

Here is the list of Network leaders; please email Tori /Kathryn at [email protected] to be added to distribution list for your respective Subject Network.

Network Name Leader Name School Email Art Emma Radley Queen Mary’s School [email protected] Business and Matthew Perry St Aidan’s C of E High School [email protected] Economics Supported by Brendan Foley King James’s School [email protected] Careers Jo Dukes St Aidan’s C of E High School [email protected] Classics & Latin Rachel Askew Queen Mary’s School [email protected] Computing/ICT Craig Walton Woodkirk [email protected] Dance Claire Noonan St. C High School [email protected] Design Technology John Bagshaw [email protected] Drama Louise Woodward [email protected] English Chris Kilby St. John Fisher C High School [email protected] Exam Officers Tracey Mahoney St Aidan’s C of E High School [email protected] Food Technology Jenny Betteridge St Aidan’s C of E High School [email protected] Geography Natasha Colville-Robins & [email protected] Andy Childe Bedale High School [email protected] History Chris Hansen Thirsk School & Sixth Form [email protected] Librarians Lisa Bryden King James’s School [email protected] Maths Hannah Radcliffe King James’s School [email protected] MFL Andrew Maccallum St. Aidan’s C of E High School [email protected] Music Andrew Moxon [email protected] PE John Strover St. Aidan’s C of E High School [email protected] PSHE Monica Perry Harrogate Ladies College [email protected] RE Maggie Gee St. Aidan’s C of E High School [email protected] Science Matt Park St. Aidan’s C of E High School [email protected] Sociology/Psychology Jeannine Fisher St John Fisher C High School [email protected]

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All links on this page and throughout the booklet are live, please click to go directly through to the recommended resource area.

Subject Specific Development Art and Design Computing Design and Drama BBC Bitesize Barefoot Technology BBC Bitesize British Museum Code Club Drama Resource Food – a fact of life National Gallery CoderDojo Drama Works How stuff works NSED Computer Science Teachers’ Assoc National Assoc for the teaching BBC Bitesize The Tate Computing at School of Drama STEM Victoria and Albert Museum Digital Schoolhouse National Drama Hello world Magazine RADA Scratch Royal Shakespeare Comapany Ten Tips for Teaching Programming STEM English Geography History Languages BBC Bitesize BBC Bitesize BBC Bitesize Assoc for Languages Learning Litdrive BBC Radio 4’s Great Lives series BBC Teach resources KS3/4 BBC Bitesize National Assoc for the teaching Geographical Association Historical Association Curriculum 2014 best practice of English Google Maps for Education National Archives Duolingo app Poetry Society Guardian Eyewitness Goethe Institut’s German resources Talk for Writing National Geographic’s Around the Light Bulb Languages Team English World in 12 days Mama Lisa Ordnance Survey Mapzone Spanish resources Time for Geography The Latin Programme Woldmapper Maths Music Physical Education Religious Education BBC Bitesize Arts Council Music Education Assoc for Physical Education BBC Bitesize Complete Mathematics Hubs BBC Bitesize Culham St Gabriel’s Trust Mathematical Association BBC Bitesize School Games National Assoc of Teachers of National Centre for Excellence in BBC Ten Pieces Sport Religious Education Teaching of Mathematics Incorporated Society of Musicians The Daily Mile RE Handbook Love Music Trust Youth Sport Trust Religious Education Council of Music Teachers Association England and Wales National Teachers’ Choir RE Online New Music Curriculum Guidance Virtual piano Science Association of Science Education Excellent subject knowledge is consistently identified as a key factor in promoting good student progress. BBC Bitesize Access to high quality, reliable subject materials are therefore essential for teachers. These source materials BBC Teach resources for core subjects are taken from Mary Myatt’s book ‘Back on Track’ and are also available on her website Developing Experts www.marymyatt.com/subject-links. STEM

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Monday 4-5pm CPD Programme on Teams

PEDAGOGY PASTORAL LEADERSHIP Mon 20th Sept Facilitator training event Mon 27th Sept DISCIPLINARY LITERACY Part 1 of 2 James Durran Mon 4th Oct CURRICULUM – INTENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT Part 1 of 2 Katie Hunter, (Ryedale School)/Ruth McQuire (St Aidan’s School) Mon 11th Oct ON LINE LEARNING CONTINUED Part 1 of 2 Kerry Kurczij, (GSAL) Mon 18th Oct SUPPORTING SCHOOL CHILDREN IN 2021 Liz Crichton (SJF) Mon 1st Nov MEMORY FOR LEARNING Part 1 of 2 Georgie Dee (GSAL) Mon 8th Nov SUPPORTING THE ANXIOUS CHILD Alison Knight (Bedale) Mon 15th Nov DISCIPLINARY LITERACY Part 2 of 2 James Durran Mon 22nd Nov DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS Part 1 of 2 Tom Kelly (Bedale School) Mon 29th Nov ASSESSMENT MARKING AND FEED- BACK part 1 of 2 Matt Gill, (Bedale School) Mon 6th Dec GENERATIVE LEARNING Part 1 of 2 Louise Coffey, (Woodkirk School) 6 2021-2022 PEDAGOGY PASTORAL LEADERSHIP Mon 10th Jan ON LINE LEARNING CONTINUED Part 2 of 2 (Kerry Kurczij, GSAL) Mon 17th Jan POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH Shannon Bradbury/Claire Temple (Bedale School) Mon 24th Jan ROSENSHINE’S PRINCIPLES IN ACTION Part 1 of 2 James Wilkinson (Ashville School) Mon 31st Jan METACOGNITION AND ACADEMIC RESILIENCE Part 1 of 2 Katie Hunter (Ryedale) Mon 7th Feb CURRICULUM – INTENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT Part 2 of 2 Katie Hunter (Ryedale)/Ruth McQuire (St Aidan’s) Mon 14th Feb GENERATIVE LEARNING Part 2 of 2 Louise Coffey, (Woodkirk School) Mon 28th Feb MEMORY FOR LEARNING Part 2 of 2 Georgie Dee (GSAL) Mon 7th March ATTACHMENT DISORDERS Kate Douglas (St Aidan’s School) Mon 14th March DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS Part 2 of 2 – Tom Kelly (Headteacher, Bedale) Mon 21st March ASSESSMENT MARKING AND FEEDBACK Part 2 of 2 (ks3 FOCUS) – Matt Gill (Bedale) Mon 28th March METACOGNITION AND ACADEMIC RESILIENCE Part 2 of 2 Ruth McQuire (St Aidan’s) Mon 4th April ROSENSHINE’S PRINCIPLES IN ACTION Part 2 of 2 James Wilkinson (Ashville School) Mon 9th May INCREMENTAL COACHING 1 Tom Milner () Mon 16th May WHEN THE ADULTS CHANGE (based on the book by Paul Dix) – Luke France (Ryedale) Mon 23rd May INCREMENTAL COACHING 2 Tom Milner (Horsforth) 7 YSA Staff CPD Programme

MA in Education with Leeds March Training Day Event Trinity University This year, our training event will be held on Wednesday As a valued partner of Leeds Trinity University, all YSA teachers 16th March. Some YSA schools have training days on this are entitled to a generous discount on the PG Cert in Education, day, but all schools are very welcome to send individuals or reducing the standard fee by 20%. This consists of two taught groups of staff to the morning event, which will include a modules which come from the first year of the MA in Education. break with refreshments. The morning session will include a These will be delivered to YSA teachers as bespoke twilight break and refreshments. Tickets will be on Eventbrite early sessions, via Microsoft Teams. in the Autumn term. and attendance at this event also gives Early in the Autumn term, we will arrange an initial meeting with free access to Craig’s accompanying on-line course. LTU in order to pass on information and ask questions. Following this, the application process will open. This Link gives further information about the PG Cert and MA in Craig Barton - Focusing thinking Education. 9.30-11.30am (in person at St Aidan’s) Research and Development Craig has worked with the YSA previously, with our Maths departments and as a speaker at a previous YSA conference on in the YSA ‘Cognitive Load Theory.’ Having had outstanding reviews in the past, we are delighted to be welcoming him back to YSA Our aim at the YSA is to base all of our CPD on a sound to deliver training on ‘Focusing thinking.’ evidence base and to engage in professional development which is informed by reliable and current educational research. The Overview: recommendations for reading and subject materials in this Dylan Wiliam has described Cognitive Load booklet are also suggested with this in mind. Facilitators on our Theory as “the single most important thing for team are supported in the planning of sessions, to ensure that the teachers to know”. However, of late it has attracted material they use is up to date and reliable. a certain amount of back-lash, with teachers Every two weeks, Katie Hunter (R and D lead for YSA) sends a branding either meaningless or obvious. I think it brief R and D bulletin to all CPD leads so that they can pass it on to is neither. In this session I describe how knowing all YSA teachers. It is a selection of digestible educational research about the limitations and nature of working memory has changed so much about my daily findings and feedback from teachers suggests that it is high valued. practice in the classroom, and how I think about learning in general. The YSA Team holds evidence based materials, categorised We dive into key findings from research into Cognitive Load Theory, by Theme, making it easy to find useful resources if you are the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning and Dual-Coding researching a particular theme or planning your own training Theory, including the Modality Effect, the Split-Attention Effect, and resources. Please contact [email protected] if you would the Redundancy Effect. Crucially, we examine how we can make like a reminder of your school’s logon to the YSA Team. practical use of these findings in our classrooms, considering the implications for everything from the look of our slides, the way we talk, Periodically, there are opportunities to take part in University based our boardwalk, and the displays in our classrooms! Understanding educational studies and these are circulated via CPD leads in schools. these three theories better has been a real game-changer for me, If you would like any more resources or information, please underpinning all that I do throughout the Learning Episode. contact Katie directly on [email protected] 8 2021-2022

National Professional Qualifications

What are NPQs? Costs and durations of the programmes NPQs support the government’s golden thread for teacher and The specialist NPQs are 12 month programmes with a three month school leader development. They are nationally recognised, trusted, assessment window. The Senior Leadership, Headship and Executive transferable qualifications that equip teachers with the expertise to lead Leadership NPQs are 18 month programmes with a three month sustainable improvement across their schools. assessment window. The specialist NPQ for Leading Teacher Development and the NPQ How have they changed? for Headship are expected to be fully funded by the DfE. The NPQs for Senior Leadership, Leading Teaching and Leading Behaviour and As part of the DfEs wider reforms the main changes to NPQs are: Culture are also expected to be fully funded for the top 30% schools for • The National Professional Qualification for Middle Leaders pupil premium nationally. The DfE will be publishing the list of schools (NPQML) has been discontinued. who meet this criteria. • Three new NPQs focusing on specialist areas: NPQ for Leading Behaviour and Culture (NPQLBC), NPQ for Leading Teaching Get in touch: (NPQLT), NPQ for Leading Teacher Development (NPQLTD). • The remaining NPQs (Senior Leadership NPQSL, Headship Tel: 01904 411341 (Option 3) NPQH and Executive Leadership NPQEL) have been refreshed based on an evidence base approved by the Education Endowment Email: [email protected] Foundation (EEF). @PathfinderTSH Why have they changed? www.pathfinder-education.co.uk The new NPQ frameworks support evidence-informed practice Or contact YSA via [email protected] throughout every stage of a teacher’s career. Schools and trusts can have confidence that all their educators, from Early Career Teachers to leaders of multiple schools, are building and developing their practice from the same strong evidence-base. Educational theory on how children learn, what impacts their behaviour and how they are assessed, alongside what makes effective continuous professional development for teachers and leaders are covered. There is a clear focus on what teachers need to know and be able to do. Leadership CPD has often focused on personal traits, such as the qualities of dynamic and charismatic leadership. The new and reformed NPQs pay less attention to generic management and leadership styles and more to the knowledge and skills that teachers and school leaders need to tackle persistent problems in their daily roles.

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The following list is of trusted resources which you may want to routinely access online along with a reminder of the link to our ‘YSA Team’ area, where useful sources are stored.

These are the top three Subject Specific: Impact: Chartered College Mary Myatt subject resource links and video-based training: EEF Guidance Reports https://www.marymyatt.com/subject-links EEF Evidence Reviews (literature reviews) English/ Literacy: https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/ Alex Quigley Archive Science: These are older reports or sites no longer being updated but https://www.stem.org.uk/best-evidence-science-teaching worth reading. (Best Evidence Science Teaching) http://www.beib.org.uk/ (York Uni IEE) Maths: https://www.suttontrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/crme/ What-Makes-Great-Teaching-REPORT.pdf (Sutton Trust) resources-teachers.aspx (Centre for Research in Mathematics Education) https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/dunlosky.pdf (Dunlosky) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273626957_What_ Visit R and D, or Subject Network areas of YSA Teams for Works_What_Doesn’t (Dunlosky) useful resources on many areas of pedagogy. • Go to https://portal.office365.com Research Schools: • Sign in with your school account details available from your school CPD Lead https://researchschool.org.uk/sandringham • Click “Teams” on the left https://researchschool.org.uk/durrington • Click “YSA Teams Site” https://researchschool.org.uk/huntington/news/ archived-newsletters • Click on Channel needed

All links on this page and throughout the booklet are live, please click to go directly through to the recommended resource area.

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2021-2022 Richmond Northallerton

Bedale High School Thirsk School & Sixth Form Ryedale College School Scarborough

Ripon Grammar Thirsk School Queen Mary’s Norton School College

Boroughbridge High School Ripon Malton

St Aidan’s St John Fisher School School TSA lead NSS lead King James’s School

Ashville York Skipton Harrogate Ladies College

Gateways School

Horsforth School

Grammar School at Leeds Leeds Bradford

Halifax

Wakefield Huddersfield

School Partners AMC YO62 4ER QMS Queen Mary’s School YO7 3BZ AVC HG2 9LP RGS Ripon Grammar School HG4 2DG BHS Bedale High School DL8 2EQ RS Ryedale School YO62 7SL BBS Boroughbridge High School YO51 9JX SA St Aidan’s Church of England GS Gateways School LS17 9LE High School HG2 8JR HLC Harrogate Ladies’ College HG1 2QG SJF St John Fisher Catholic High School HG2 8PT HS Horsforth School LS18 5RF GSAL The Grammar School at Leeds LS17 8GS KJS King James’s School HG5 8EB TSS Thirsk School & Sixth Form College YO7 1RZ NC YO17 9PT WKA Woodkirk Academy WF3 1JQ 11 Yorkshire School Alliance T: 01423 818512 E: [email protected] www.yorkshiretsa.co.uk